Damaramu's Words

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

I'm very dissapointed in the Sooners right now. They didn't even seem to try in the Orange Bowl.

USC came into the game aggressive and confident and OU came in cocky and acted like a straw giant. They got hit in the mouth and rather than getting up and doing something about it they layed on the ground and cried.

 

I'm still very proud of my Sooners for going 12-1, winning the Big XII and even getting to the big dance in the first place.

 

But I think in the past two years we have gotten away from what brought us to the big dance. We had the .1 defense in the country and were winning National Titles and bowl games and then we got away from that. Our defense was still good but not mind blowing.

We got on a high horse and th ought we were above everyone else. We thought we were THE dominant team. We sat on our high horse with our defense that wasn't incredible like before and a flashy offense. Well LSU and USC knocked us off of that horse and shot it.

 

OU has a new class and is ready to reload. I hope we spend the next few years getting back to basics. I hope Bob Stoops gets fired up again and OU regains its swagger and attitude that made it so good in the first place.

Because as of right now there is no fire and there is no attitude. OU is just going through the motions and USC showed us that wasn't good enough against the Top Tier of teams.

 

With our new class and our new kids I hope we rediscover our roots. Rediscover our defense. Lose a couple of games every season so we know what adversity is all about. Get punched in the mouth so we aren't shocked when it happens in a title game. Go to the Cotton Bowl or go to another BCS bowl.

We'll probably always be Top 10. We haven't dropped out of that since 2000. But it's time for our new kids to reinvent this team and regain the fire and attitude.

I'm excited about the possibilities in the next few years but as of right now I'll be happy with a Big XII crown and a BCS bowl appearance. I'll be happy with the Cotton Bowl. I just want us to find out who we are. Because as of right now I don't think they know.

 

The final rankings are out and OU is .3 in both polls. I'm shocked we weren't dropped lower.

 

Hopefully we can earn a .3 ranking next season.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Who are you to speak for Damaramu?

[Guest Smues]

What's with the . in front of all of the numbers? And OU being ranked ahead of Utah is a crock.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Hmm, I would have dropped OU to #5 or so, possibly #6.

[Vern Gagne 0]

He certainly uses the the word "WE" alot.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Banky: He asked me to post it.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Banky: He asked me to post it.

Why can't he do it himself?

[the max 0]

Does anyone really care?

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

He's temporarily banned. Look, I don't care anyways. I just do what the man says... I got nothing better to do.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Why did he get banned? For being a baby about sports? Everyone is.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

He asked to be banned. Why, I don't know.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

He asked to be banned. Why, I don't know.

 

then he asks you to post something? man, he should be banned for being so stupid.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Something about being banned if OU loses by more than 17 points.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

OU's final ranking is up to you guys to debate. I honestly agree with Kotz. But this is who we picked to make these rankings and this was the ranking they gave them. I thought they'd be 6 honestly.

They probably maintained #3 b/c they have always been on the upper tier for the past 5 years. I mean they've won 10 games 5 years in a row. Not dropped out of the Top 10 since 2000. Won a National Title in 2000. Won the Cotton and Rose Bowl. And won the Big XII 3 times. So the sports writers probably have some bias towards them. If they lose 2 games next season they'll probably still remain in the Top 10. I know it's screwed up. I'd like them to get hit in the mouth a lot next year and drop out of the Top 10 just so they can know what it feels like to go from being great to just good.

They need to face adversity. I want to see them punched in the mouth hard next year. I want to see them tested. I want to see them lose. I want to see all of this because I want them to regain that attitude, I want them to regain that swagger, and I want them to know what it's like to face adversity so that when they do they can stand up for themselves. Because as of right now they're a bunch of spoiled children who think games should be handed to them. Hopefully this new crop of players can get their shit together like the 2000 team had. Yes this OU team won a lot of individual awards but when it came to the team game they were a straw giant.

So while I'll always love my Sooners and I'll always want them to be champs I will root for adversity next season. Just because I think they need a good kick in the ass to get where they want.

Stoops needs to regain his fire to. On the sidelines last night? He never lost his temper or seemed like he even wanted to be there.

Dan Cody said it best at the end of the 4th quarter "I just want to catch a red eye back to Oklahoma" ever since Bradley fumbled the punt they all looked like they wanted to go home.

But hats off to USC because they made them feel like that and they did it to them. So USC is better than I thought. I was wrong about them and I was wrong about the Sooners.

I'll debate this on Monday if anyone wants to. Or you can AIM me at Damaramu26 like Slasher has done.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Something about being banned if OU loses by more than 17 points.

Oh.

 

haha

[starvenger 0]

Something about being banned if OU loses by more than 17 points.

Oh.

 

haha

Eh, he'll be back when he gets over it. He's been through worse shit than OU getting treated like USC's personal bitches...

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Well yes... he's slated to return January 10th... Monday.

[nogoodnick 0]

I honestly cant say Im going to miss his triple posting ass.

[Art Sandusky 0]

I really don't have much beef with the guy 'cept how he was in the original Orange Bowl thread and after the Rose Bowl. Some assertions made were just products of not really knowing about football until the last couple of years (ie. "Vince Young should be a running back"), and he had a soft spot for Tennessee and always gave the SEC props. I think his basic problem is just not admitting when he might not know much about a subject or team. In those cases, more prudent folk (like myself) stay quiet or preface a post with "I'm not up to speed on this, but..." or some variant.

[Cuban Linx 0]

Why ask to have yourself banned if you're just going to IM people to keep posting for you anyway? Kinda defeats the entire purpose i'd think.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Enough of this. Damaramu is banned for the time being, and that means he is not to post on the board, either himself or through someone else. No one here gives a damn about his Oklahoma football rants, and we need a break from them anyway. Until then, I am adding a day to Dama's suspention for each OU rant we've gotten out of this thread.